1. detention - noun
· a state of being confined (usually for a short time); "his detention was politically motivated"; "the prisoner is on hold"; "he is in the custody of police"
Synonym(s): detainment, hold, custody
Hypernym(s): confinement
2. detention - noun
· a punishment in which a student must stay at school after others have gone home; "the detention of tardy pupils"
Hypernym(s): punishment, penalty, penalization, penalisation
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